List of Hillary Clinton 2016 presidential campaign political endorsements


This is a list of notable individual politicians and political organizations who have publicly indicated support for Hillary Clinton in the 2016 United States presidential election.
Public officials serving below the state level and all other individuals and entities are listed only if they have a separate stand-alone article. Those who indicated their support after Hillary Clinton's presumptive nomination on June 11 are denoted with an asterisk.

Federal officials and state governors

Presidents and Vice Presidents

NamePositionPartyIn officeRef
Jimmy Carter39th PresidentDemocratic1977–81
George H. W. Bush41st President and 43rd Vice PresidentRepublican1981–1989
1989–1993
Bill Clinton42nd PresidentDemocratic1993–2001
Barack Obama44th PresidentDemocratic2009–2017
Walter Mondale42nd Vice PresidentDemocratic1977–81
Al Gore45th Vice PresidentDemocratic1993–2001
Joe Biden47th Vice PresidentDemocratic2009–2017

NamePositionPartyIn officeRef
Madeleine Albright64th Secretary of StateDemocratic1997–2001
Colin Powell65th Secretary of StateRepublican2001–05
John Kerry68th Secretary of StateDemocratic2013–17
William Cohen20th Secretary of DefenseRepublican1997–2001
Leon Panetta23rd Secretary of DefenseDemocratic2011–13
Cecil Andrus42nd Secretary of the InteriorDemocratic1977–81
Ken Salazar50th Secretary of the InteriorDemocratic2009–13
Mack McLarty17th White House Chief of StaffDemocratic1993–94
Erskine Bowles19th White House Chief of StaffDemocratic1997–98
John Podesta20th White House Chief of StaffDemocratic1998–2001
William M. Daley25th White House Chief of StaffDemocratic2011–12
Henry Cisneros10th Secretary of Housing and Urban DevelopmentDemocratic1993–97
Julian Castro16th Secretary of Housing and Urban DevelopmentDemocratic2014–present
Michael Chertoff2nd Secretary of Homeland SecurityRepublican2005–09
Bill Richardson9th Secretary of EnergyDemocratic1998–2001
Steven Chu12th Secretary of EnergyDemocratic2009–13
Austan Goolsbee26th Chair of the Council of Economic AdvisersDemocratic2010–11
Carlos Gutierrez35th Secretary of CommerceRepublican2005–09
Gary Locke36th Secretary of CommerceDemocratic2009–11
Robert Reich22nd Secretary of LaborDemocratic1993–97
Alexis Herman23rd Secretary of LaborDemocratic1997–2001
Hilda Solis25th Secretary of LaborDemocratic2009–2013
Carla Hills10th Trade RepresentativeRepublican1989–93
Ron Kirk16th Trade RepresentativeDemocratic2009–2013
Eric Holder86th Attorney GeneralDemocratic2009–2015
Karen Mills23rd Administrator of the Small Business AdministrationDemocratic2009-13
Rodney E. Slater13th Secretary of TransportationDemocratic1997–2001
Norman Mineta14th Secretary of TransportationDemocratic2001–2006
Mary E. Peters15th Secretary of TransportationRepublican2006–2009
Henry Paulson74th Secretary of the TreasuryRepublican2006–09
Andrew Young14th Ambassador to the United NationsDemocratic1977–79
Thomas R. Pickering18th Ambassador to the United NationsDemocratic1989–92
William Ruckelshaus1st and 5th Administrator of the Environmental Protection AgencyRepublican1970–73, 1983–85
William K. Reilly7th Administrator of the Environmental Protection AgencyRepublican1989–93
Carol Browner8th Administrator of the Environmental Protection AgencyDemocratic1993–2001
Christine Todd Whitman9th Administrator of the Environmental Protection AgencyRepublican2001–03
Lisa P. Jackson12th Administrator of the Environmental Protection AgencyDemocratic2009–13
Richard Riley6th Secretary of EducationDemocratic1993–2001
Louis Wade Sullivan17th Secretary of Health and Human ServicesRepublican1989–93
Donna Shalala18th Secretary of Health and Human ServicesDemocratic1993–2001
Kathleen Sebelius21st Secretary of Health and Human ServicesDemocratic2009–14
Laura Tyson16th Chair of the Council of Economic AdvisersDemocratic1993–95
Joseph Stiglitz17th Chair of the Council of Economic AdvisersDemocratic1995–97
James Lee WittDirector of the Federal Emergency Management AgencyDemocratic1993–2001

State and territorial governors

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Steve Bullock24th Governor of MontanaDemocratic
John Bel Edwards56th Governor of LouisianaDemocratic
Maggie Hassan81st Governor of New HampshireDemocratic
John Hickenlooper42nd Governor of ColoradoDemocratic
Dan Malloy88th Governor of ConnecticutDemocratic
Jack Markell73rd Governor of DelawareDemocratic
Terry McAuliffe72nd Governor of VirginiaDemocratic
Lolo Matalasi Moliga57th Governor of American SamoaDemocratic
Jay Nixon55th Governor of MissouriDemocratic
Alejandro García Padilla11th Governor of Puerto RicoDemocratic
Gina Raimondo75th Governor of Rhode IslandDemocratic
Earl Ray Tomblin35th Governor of West VirginiaDemocratic
Peter Shumlin81st Governor of VermontDemocratic
Tom Wolf47th Governor of PennsylvaniaDemocratic
Jerry Brown34th Governor of CaliforniaDemocratic
Andrew Cuomo56th Governor of New YorkDemocratic
Kate Brown38th Governor of OregonDemocratic
Mark Dayton40th Governor of MinnesotaDemocratic
Jay Inslee23rd Governor of WashingtonDemocratic

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State, municipal, and tribal staffers

[U.S. Ambassadors]https://apps.washingtonpost.com/g/documents/national/former-ambassadors-sign-a-letter-refusing-to-vote-for-donald-trump/2155/ The Washington Post Accessed:2016-09-22.

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Democratic Party">Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic Party figures

DNC">Democratic National Committee">DNC members and national leaders

Leaders of state and local party affiliates

Lobbyists and fundraisers

Nominees for elected office

Strategists, media advisors, operatives, speechwriters, and pollsters

Republican Party">GOP">Republican Party figures

Note: Public officials belonging to the Republican Party are listed in the first section of this article

Organizations

Advocacy groups

Party and legislative groups

Federal, state, and municipal Democratic Party chapters can be assumed to support their party's nominee.